Kingston woman charged with animal cruelty for allegedly keeping pit bulls caged in sealed truck, denying them food and water

KINGSTON, N.Y. -- A city woman is facing animal cruelty charges for allegedly keeping four pit bulls in cages in the back of a sealed U-Haul truck overnight without food or water, according to Kingston police.

Shalamar D. Cardona, 32, of 144 Cedar St., was arrested by police and the city dog control officer at 1:45 p.m. Thursday and charged a misdemeanor counts of cruelty to animals and four counts of having an unlicensed dog, a city ordinance violation.

Police said Cardona had the four dogs in cages of two each and made no food or water available to them overnight.